Former Pakistan players question team selection

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"Embarrassed" by Pakistan's shock defeat to Zimbabwe, which has put the former champions at the risk of not making the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, ex-players lashed out at the "average mindset" and team selection. "Very very embarrassing and disappointing," former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said.

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"The fact is you have to play hard to even beat a team like Zimbabwe they wouldn't be defeated by themselves. Our selections have been average and our mindset has been average and it has landed Pakistan cricket in this mess today," he added.

Other former players also expressed disappointment and concern at the state of Pakistan cricket with some describing the defeat as hurting. "Is this where our cricket has come to? We can't score 130 runs against a low ranked team like Zimbabwe. If this is our batting quality then God help our cricket," former Test opener Mohsin Khan said.

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Test great Javed Miandad also questioned the player selection. "This is what happens when you allow a non-performing batter to remain in the team and keep deserving players out," Miandad said.

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